School of Planning, Design and Construction

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  Workshop on Autonomous Vehicles in Society comes to MSU May 18-19

  Published on April 11, 2018
  It is co-sponsored by the MSU Center for Business and Social Analytics, in cooperation with the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, and the School of Planning, Design and Construction.

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  MSU receives $201K grant from Michigan Department of Transportation to conduct research on speed feedback signs

  Published on April 10, 2018
  The MSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with SPDC have received funding from the Michigan Department of Transportation to conduct research on the operational cost and benefit of speed feedback signs.

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  SPDC’s Dong Zhao selected to be a 2018 MSU Academy for Global Engagement Fellow

  Published on April 10, 2018
  Assistant Prof. Dong Zhao, PhD, in the Construction Management Program at SPDC, was named one of 12 fellows for the 2018 MSU Academy for Global Engagement program.

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  NCI’s Holly Madill and MSUE’s Harmony Gmazel co-present session at Michigan Community Development Association Spring Technical Assistance Conference

  Published on April 10, 2018
  The Michigan Community Development Association hosted their Spring Technical Assistance Conference on March 14, 2018, in East Lansing, MI.

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  MSU receives $231K grant from Federal Highway Administration to conduct research on work zone safety

  Published on March 30, 2018
  The MSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering with SPDC received funding from the FHWA to contribute to the development of highway work zone safety guidelines materials.

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  SPDC’s Jun-Hyun Kim is elected to the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Board of Directors

  Published on March 29, 2018
  Jun-Hyun Kim, associate professor and program director of the LA Program and the MED Program in SPDC, was elected to the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Board of Directors.

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  Harbor Bay Real Estate Advisors’ Mark Bell and James Litwin to speak at April 20 SPDC Industry Seminar Series

  Published on March 29, 2018
  The MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction is hosting the 11th Industry Seminar Series event Friday, April 20, at the Human Ecology Building on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing.

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  URP alumnus Joel Arnold discusses Mitchell Scholarship experience in Ireland

  Published on March 26, 2018
  Joel Arnold, an alumnus from the Urban & Regional Planning Program in the School of Planning, Design and Construction, was one of the awardees of the prestigious Mitchell Scholarship in 2016.

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  Bridging art, design and stories: Interior design student Gavin Kata shares his experience winning the MSU Bridge Project

  Published on March 26, 2018
  Gavin Kata, a senior majoring in interior design at SPDC, participated in and won a contest to have his artwork featured on the bridge between Spartan Stadium and the Main Library. The design is now installed on the bridge.

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  MSU students place fifth at the National Association of Home Builders Residential Construction Management Competition

  Published on March 15, 2018
  On Jan. 10, 2018, the MSU Construction Management Residential Competition Team took fifth place in the nation out of a highly competitive field of 34 university teams from across the U.S. at the NAHB Residential Construction Management Competition.

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  Faculty from SPDC and NCI conduct local workshop in Downers Grove, IL, with APA and FEMA to address disaster resilience

  Published on March 14, 2018
  Wayne Beyea, from SPDC and NCI; and Bill Lennertz, from NCI, facilitated a workshop for more than 70 participants on applying digital flood-mapping and risk assessment tools for the Village of Downers Grove, Illinois.

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  MSU Construction Management Program receives $100K grant from the National Housing Endowment’s Homebuilding Education Leadership Program

  Published on February 19, 2018
  The MSU Construction Management Program recently received a multiyear, $100K grant from the NHE’s Homebuilding Education Leadership Program.

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  MSU Interior Design Student Organization and USGBC Students MSU to co-host NBS Integrative Design Competition this week

  Published on February 19, 2018
  On Feb. 24, 2018, the MSU IDSO and the USGBC Students MSU are co-hosting the NBS Integrative Design Competition for SPDC students. The event sponsored by NBS Commercial Interiors will take place in their showroom in Troy, MI.

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  Woodland County Fair Mall Retrofit Plan guided by NCI charrette process

  Published on February 13, 2018
  In the Woodland County Fair Mall Retrofit Plan, a group of 20 architects, planners, engineers, attorneys and real estate professionals from all over California assembled for a 4.5 day, volunteer charrette commencing Sept. 29, 2017.

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  School of Planning, Design and Construction becomes an Environmental Science & Policy Program partner on doctoral dual major program

  Published on February 8, 2018
  The School of Planning, Design and Construction has become a partner with the MSU Environmental Science & Policy Program on their doctoral Dual Major program.